Tailgate Stolen

Welcome to TW !!!!

 

*drink*

 

*drinkx10*

 

If they stole a locked tailgate then they know where to get the next one. Break the cycle.

Get a ute tray.

 

I can't figure it out either. Why buy something you have to then paint?

 

Thief's suck .

 

Take it off every evening. They can't steal what isn't there

 

Since you just bought it the dealership might even take the insurance hit for you and get you a new one ... doesn't hurt to ask anyway

 

this is a straight learning experience for me
please tell me staright

i have a 2019 with ' SLOW DOWN ' tail gate
if the upper tail gate handle lock is locked & secure

can the tail gate be easily stolen ???????????

 

I'm confused...so was the tailgate locked or not, when it was stolen???

 

Agreed. I have one of these and it's the best deterrent beyond making sure the tailgate is locked all the time.
Hose clamp won't do shit that five seconds and a flat head won't solve

 

Easily? No. Possible? Anything is possible

 

O.P. was it locked or not ?

 

The night before I went to sleep I locked the tailgate and I also made sure it was locked manually, next morning I woke up there is no tailgate and wires are hanging off the bed of the truck
I call my insurance company and make the claim. Guess what apparently Im only covered of total lost not partial lost that means they will not give me a tailgate so that's my story.
I will make sure I put a Sabellco lock this time since a hose clamp is not convincing

 

Add comprehensive to your policy. It’s cheap.

 

If you get on CL or OfferUp out here in CA there’s people selling 3-4 3rd gen tailgates at once and always have some story on how they sold the truck.... Nobody is buying enough Tacoma’s and ditching tailgates at that rate and somehow it’s the same people who constantly are selling them without being arrested. Blows my mind!

 

could they have punched the lock with a big ole screwdriver?

 

It already has an anti theft device, its called a lock.

 

If my reading comprehension is working properly, that is what he said.
Something sounds fishy to me.

Too many "firsts".

 

How da fawck ????